I Am the Fugitive انا الهارب Farid Shawqi (1963) - Egyptian one-sheet

I Am the Fugitive (1963) - (Farid Shawqi) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist for an undated rerelease of the 1963 Niazi Mostafa film I Am the Fugitive [ana al-hareb] written by Abdel Hay Adib and starring Farid Shawqi as Hamdi. Plot summary: Hamdi was working as a corrections officer in a prison. He had a child afflicted with cerebral palsy in need of expensive treatment. When Hamdi was transporting four narcotics smugglers one of them tried to escape and Hamdi killed him. The dead man's family learned about Hamdi's need for money and tried to bribe him to get revenge.

Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Hay Adib, Zahrat El-Ola, Salah Mansour, Mahmoud Moursy, Mohamed Hamdi, Masud Isa, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Youssef Chaban, Nimat Mukhtar

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Street of Water Carriers حارة السقايين - (dir: El-Seyed Ziada) - (1966) Egyptian one-sheet

The Street of Water Carriers (1966) - (dir: El-Seyed Ziada) Egyptian one-sheet

This Egyptian film poster was designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1966 85-minute El-Sayed Ziada black-and-white film Street of the Water Carriers with screenplay and dialogue by Anwar Abdalla and cinematography by Gamal Ebada. Plot Summary: The film is a caricature of the Egyptian film industry as seen by poor Egyptian audiences who dream of participation. It is about a girl named Fakiha [Sharifa Fadel] who lived in the district of the water carriers with her uncle Hussein [Amin El-Heinedy] the composer. Her uncle was a talented man whose work was not appreciated until a film studio gave him the opportunity to write a song for a new movie. When she went to the studio with her uncle, as a singer Fakiha also got a chance for a role in the new film to replace the lead actress, whose singing the producer did not like. Fakiha's fiancee Salem [Mohamed Awad] became angry with her because he was afraid she would get a job in the movies and leave him, but she just ignored him. Fakiha left the district of the water carriers and went to live with her uncle in an upscale neighborhood while preparing herself to become a movie star. She was bitterly disappointed later to find that her role had been given back to the original lead actress. She returned to the district of the water carriers with her uncle; Salem was there waiting for her and everybody in the district of the water carriers was happy to have her back.

Cast and crew: El-Sayed Ziada, Nahed Sharif, Amin El-Heinedy, Mohamed Awad, Sharifa Fadel, Mohamed Reda, Amal Ramzy, Mohamed Rushdy, Anwar Abdalla, Gamel Ebada, Abdel Latif El-Telbany, Mohamed Hamdi, Fouad Ga'afar, Aleyah Abdel Monem, Nabil El-Hegrassy, Mohsen Hafez, Nawal Fahmy, Sa'ida Galal

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Fish Market شادر السمك (Ahmed Zaki) - (1985) Egyptian one-sheet

Fish Market (1986) - (Ahmed Zaki) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian promotional poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1986 Ali Abdel-Khalek 120-minute color film Fish Market starring Nabila Ebeid as Jamalat and Ahmed Zaki as Ahmad based on a story by Nabil Nassar with screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Gawad Youssef and cinematography by Mamoun Ata. Plot summary: Jamalat was a widow dealing with big operators in the Alexandria fish market like Atris, Safwan and Selim. After her husband died she became a fishmonger there. The market big shots challenged her and forcibly prevented her from working, citing a law that prevents sales outside the market. Ahmad, [Ahmed Zaki] a simple worker from upper Egypt, stood by Jamalat, married her and started marketing her goods himself. Ahmad succeeded in his struggle and became a respected merchant at the market after buying his own stall. Then he denied his principles and his wife, practiced monopoly methods and moved to an upscale neighborhood. He divorced Jamalat and married Susie, [Khaloud] a woman from a wealthy family. The market leaders formed an alliance against Ahmad and assassinated him. After his death life in the market went on as usual.

Cast and crew: Ali Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed Zaki, Nebila Ebeid, Mohamed Reda, Sabby Abdelmonim, Aly El Cherif, Shawqy Shamekh, Nabil Nassar, Mohamed Hamdi, Abdel Gawad Youssef, Nabil Nassar, Abdel Mohsen Saleem, Mohamed Hamdy, Mutawe Owais, Mamoun Ata, Khaloud

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